Crossing These Busy Streets Can Be Perilous By Gina Greenlee Gina Greenlee writes a twice-monthly column for The Courant. She lives in Hartford. To leave her a comment, please call 860-241-3841. Or e-mail her at gdg70@hotmail.com.

Richard Blumenthal Goes Too Far By John Lott John Lott is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, and an unofficial adviser to Martha Dean, a Republican running for state attorney general.